Alonso pleased for team-mate Kazuki Nakajima who grabbed pole at Le Mans

Fernando Alonso will make his Le Mans debut this weekend from the front row of the grid after team-mate Kazuki Nakajima grabbed pole. To round up a trio of former F1 drivers, Sebastien Buemi will also be part of the Toyota team.

Nakajima posted a 3:15.377 on Thursday evening, a time which was two seconds faster than the sister car and a huge four seconds faster than the next best.

“Kazuki did an extraordinary and there was no need to improve it, so all the credit to him. Starting first and second, I hope we can have a good race,” Alonso told reporters after the session.

“We know that this is probably the least I important qualifying of our life because a 24-hour race is very long - now we have to prepare for the race, we will do our best,” added the two-time F1 World Champion.